American Law Yearbook 2014 : a guide to the year's major legal cases and development.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tyrkus, Michael J., editor.

Series:

American Law Yearbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--United States.

Law.

Justice, Administration of--United States.

Justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

014th ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, [Michigan] : Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

American Law Yearbook gathers together the top legal stories of the previous year, discussed in concise entries written by legal experts. Contents include the U.S. Supreme Court docket as well as important lower court decisions and interesting cases in the public eye, in addition to biographies of notable legal figures.

Contents:

Front Cover ; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Abortion; Adoption; Affirmative Action; Age Discrimination; Aid And Abet; Appeal; Arbitration; Bankruptcy; Campaign Finance; Capital Punishment; Child Custody; Child Pornography; Civil Procedure; Class Action; Clean Air Act; Constitutional Law; Consumer Credit; In Focus Credit Card Fraud and U.S. Reluctance to Convert to Safer Technology; Copyright; Corruption; Courts; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Discrimination; Drugs And Narcotics; In Focus Changing Public and Legal Attitudes Toward Marijuana; Eighth Amendment; Embezzlement; Employment Law

Environmental LawEqual Protection; ERISA; Espionage; Establishment Clause; False Advertising; Family Law; Federal Communications Commission; Federal Courts; Fifth Amendment; First Amendment; Food And Drug Administration; Fourth Amendment; Fraud; Freedom Of Information Act; Freedom Of Religion; Gambling; Gay And Lesbian Rights; Gender Discrimination; Gun Control; Habeas Corpus; Health Care; Immigration; Immunity; Jurisdiction; Juvenile Law; Labor Law; Legal Education; Manslaughter; Military Law; Murder; National Security; In Focus NSA Phone Surveillance: Privacy Versus National Security

Native American RightsNegligence; The Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Patents; Practice Of Law; Preemption; Prisoners' Rights; Privacy; In Focus The Evolving Concept of Privacy in the 21st Century; Real Estate; Restitution; Right To Counsel; Search And Seizure; Second Amendment; Securities; Sentencing; Separation Of Powers; Sex Offenses; Sexual Harassment; Sovereign Immunity; Sports Law; Statute Of Limitations; Taxation; Terrorism; Third Amendment; Venue; Voting Rights Act; Whistleblower; In Focus Whistleblowers and the Government: Heroes or Traitors?; Wrongful Death; Bibliography; Abortion

Age DiscriminationAdoption; Affirmative Action; Aid And Abet; Bankruptcy; Appeal; Arbitration; Campaign Finance; Child Custody; Child Pornography; Capital Punishment; Civil Procedure; Class Action; Clean Air Act; Copyright; Constitutional Law; Consumer Credit; Courts; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Corruption; Discrimination; Employment Law; Environmental Law; Drugs And Narcotics; Eighth Amendment; Embezzlement; Equal Protection; Erisa; Espionage; Federal Communications Commission; Establishment Clause; Federal Courts; False Advertising; Fifth Amendment; Family Law; First Amendment

Food And Drug AdministrationFourth Amendment; Fraud; Freedom Of Information Act; Freedom Of Religion; Gambling; Gay And Lesbian Rights; Habeas Corpus; Gender Discrimination; Health Care; Gun Control; Immigration; Jurisdiction; Immunity; Juvenile Law; Legal Education; Labor Law; Manslaughter; Military Law; Murder; Negligence; National Security; The Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Patents; Native American Rights; Practice Of Law; Preemption; Prisoners' Rights; Privacy; Real Estate; Restitution; Right To Counsel; Search And Seizure; Second Amendment; Sentencing; Securities; Separation Of Powers

Sex Offenses

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 13, 2016).

ISBN:

9781410337450

1410337456

9781573022248

1573022241